Fresh documents put World Cup bribes back in focus
Getty Images | FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter arrives for a press conference as reaction to his banishment for eight years by the FIFA ethics committee at FIFA's former headquarters at Sonnenberg in Zurich on December 21, 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Russia beat England to host the 2018 World Cup in race that is still controversial.
US Department of Justice report claims Sepp Blatter was “bribed” by a Russian oligarch. In an e-mail to offthepitch.com Blatter refuses the allegations.
Legendary journalist who put the FBI on FIFA’s trail said Blatter “kicked England in the head.”
17 December 2019 - 12:45 PM
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